Split string using a newline delimiter with Python

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00:00 Split String Using A Newline Delimiter With Python
00:28 Answer 1 Score 15
00:55 Answer 2 Score 3
01:06 Accepted Answer Score 294
01:19 Answer 4 Score 7
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 294

str.splitlines method should give you exactly that.

>>> data = """a,b,c
... d,e,f
... g,h,i
... j,k,l"""
>>> data.splitlines()
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']

ANSWER 2

Score 15

data = """a,b,c
d,e,f
g,h,i
j,k,l"""

print(data.split())       # ['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']

str.split, by default, splits by all the whitespace characters. If the actual string has any other whitespace characters, you might want to use

print(data.split("\n"))   # ['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']

Or as @Ashwini Chaudhary suggested in the comments, you can use

print(data.splitlines())

ANSWER 3

Score 7

There is a method specifically for this purpose:

data.splitlines()
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']

ANSWER 4

Score 3

Here you go:

>>> data = """a,b,c
d,e,f
g,h,i
j,k,l"""
>>> data.split()  # split automatically splits through \n and space
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
>>>